The 24th European Athletics Championships would be a part of a new multi-sports event called the European Championships, which will see athletes compete in seven different sports. This multi-sport event would bring together the European federations of these existing sports to form a united body at the event. The European Championships is not a one-time event, as it will be held every four years with the 2018 European Championships being the inaugural event.

The European Championships will have seven sports which are athletics, rowing, golf, aquatics, triathlon, gymnastics and cycling. The championships will aggregate the existing continental championships in these sports and unify them under a common brand. The event will be staged in two of the best sporting cities in Europe; Glasgow, Scotland and Berlin, Germany. Events in Aquatics, Triathlon, Gymnastics, Cycling, Golf, Rowing will be staged in Glasgow while athletics will hold in Berlin.

Berlin 2018; (as the European Athletics Championships is referred to) promises to be a thrilling event, with world-class athletes in the sports already gearing up for the event. It will see the very best of European athletes going against each other for medals in over twenty different events. It will last six days from 7 to 12 August and would be staged in the Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium) famous for hosting the 2006 World Cup Final, 2009 IAAF amongst other events. It is a world-class stadium where world records have been broken with new ones set. Track and field events will be held in the stadium while other events like road races and race walking will be in locations around the city.

Women's Events Discus

Discus throw is one of the field events that has been given prominence in preparation for the European Championships with German Olympic champion in discus, Robert Harting bring one of the faces of the event. For the women's category, the discus will be of standard weight 1 kilogram with a diameter of 18 centimeters. It will also follow normal rules with the athlete having the furthest throw winning. Women discus throwers like reigning champion Sandra Perkovic of Croatia, Nadine Muller of Germany, Nataliya Semenova of Ukraine and Mélina Robert-Michon of France are among the athletes that are to compete at the event.

The first qualifying round of the Women's Discus event will hold on 9 August, the third day of the championship at 09:30. The second qualifying round will hold on the same day at 11:00. With the final coming up on 11 August, at 20:25.

Berlin 2018, is sure to be a great event, as well as a record-breaking one. There have been record-breaking sales and a large number of viewers are expected. It is also the first time, all seven of these sports would be under one event, making it one to look forward to.